Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 6.8 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Friday, September 01, 2006 at 10:18:51 UTC
Major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green
The most recent (20 or less) USGS Moment Tensor Solutions are shown.
Data from the Source Parameter Database.
E P I C E N T E R | MOMENT | P R I N C I P A L A X E S |N O D A L P L A N E S |
DATE TIME (UTC) LAT LONG SRC|DEPTH VAL EX | T N P | 1 2 | % SRC
YR MO DA HR MN SEC deg deg | km Mw Nm |VAL PL AZM VAL PL AZM VAL PL AZM|STK DP SLIP STK DP SLIP| DC
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2003 09 30 07:43:23.20 -3.957 153.029 PDE| 24.0 5.6 2.6 17 |2.56 27 132 0.06 62 327 -2.62 6 225|272 66 15 175 76 156| 95 GS
2003 10 17 10:19: 6.82 -5.471 154.155 PDE|122.0 6.4 4.8 18 |4.68 80 358 0.35 8 142 -5.03 6 233|332 40 103 135 51 79| 86 GS
2003 10 28 02:33:51.52 -5.376 151.509 PDE| 41.0 5.9 8.6 17 |1.11 80 27 -0.49 9 241 -0.62 6 150|230 40 76 68 51 101| 12 GS
2003 11 24 14:54:17.40 -4.265 152.710 PDE| 16.0 5.7 4.2 17 |4.39 85 335 -0.33 5 160 -4.05 0 70|156 45 83 345 46 97| 85 GS
2003 12 18 05:41:57.61 -6.347 151.384 PDE| 49.0 5.8 6.3 17 |6.52 66 270 -0.49 23 71 -6.03 7 164|278 43 125 54 56 62| 85 GS
2003 12 21 06:29:15.53 -8.769 158.515 PDE| 35.0 5.4 1.2 17 |1.20 71 119 0.05 19 316 -1.25 5 224|295 43 62 151 53 114| 92 GS
2004 01 05 06:53:48.44 -3.589 151.016 PDE| 34.0 5.6 2.8 17 |2.62 7 349 0.37 76 106 -3.00 12 258| 34 77 -176 303 86 -13| 75 GS
2004 01 15 07:26:53.01 -3.528 151.064 PDE| 30.0 6.2 2.1 18 |1.83 1 352 0.44 81 89 -2.27 9 262| 38 83 -174 307 84 -7| 61 GS
2004 01 28 10:10:26.88 -5.612 151.801 PDE| 26.0 5.5 2.1 17 |2.00 61 35 0.13 15 277 -2.12 25 180|242 24 52 103 71 106| 88 GS
2004 03 06 06:26:42.13 -5.112 152.588 PDE| 25.0 5.4 1.6 17 |1.76 75 51 -0.38 12 269 -1.39 9 177|253 37 70 98 55 105| 57 GS
2004 03 27 06:19:36.89 -6.256 154.760 PDE| 46.0 5.9 6.9 17 |6.87 83 61 0.11 0 330 -6.98 7 240|330 38 90 150 52 90| 97 GS
2004 08 28 17:00:58.25 -8.689 157.253 PDE| 4.0 5.7 4.5 17 |4.45 71 54 0.05 1 321 -4.49 19 230|318 26 87 141 64 91| 98 GS
2004 11 16 10:06:54.50 -5.627 151.452 PDE| 27.0 6.0 1.1 18 |1.14 71 32 -0.01 13 260 -1.14 13 167|239 34 66 88 60 105| 98 GS
2005 01 14 08:33:14.46 -4.238 152.717 PDE| 21.0 6.1 1.8 18 |1.73 19 160 0.11 70 352 -1.83 4 251|297 74 11 204 79 164| 88 GS
2005 02 07 20:02:17.69 -4.525 153.187 PDE| 44.0 6.1 1.7 18 |1.66 35 87 0.17 30 202 -1.82 40 321|118 30 -175 23 88 -60| 81 GS
2005 02 20 12:14:51.81 -4.694 153.108 PDE| 40.0 5.5 2.3 17 |2.21 27 20 0.11 53 247 -2.32 23 122|162 53 3 70 87 143| 91 GS
2005 03 26 05:03: 1.23 -6.777 153.616 PDE| 10.0 5.4 1.4 17 |1.44 2 348 0.01 23 257 -1.45 66 83|101 48 -57 237 51 -121| 99 GS
2005 05 10 21:17:13.27 -5.647 154.428 PDE| 79.0 5.5 1.7 17 |1.66 66 199 0.04 23 2 -1.70 6 95|208 44 124 345 55 62| 95 GS
2005 05 12 20:52: 3.34 -7.501 156.113 PDE| 9.0 5.7 3.9 17 |3.88 60 27 0.11 19 261 -4.00 23 163|221 27 46 88 70 110| 95 GS
2005 06 15 10:13:59.39 -4.595 153.191 PDE| 56.0 6.2 2.6 18 |2.70 76 320 -0.28 11 102 -2.42 8 194|297 38 108 94 54 76| 79 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
